John Wall Callcott
John Wall Callcott (20 November 1766 – 15 May 1821) was an eminent English composer. Callcott was born in Kensington, London. He was a pupil of Haydn, and is celebrated mainly for his glee compositions and catches. In the best known of his catches he ridiculed Sir John Hawkins' History of Music. Although ill-health prevented Callcott from completing his Musical Dictionary, His Musical Grammar (1806) remained in use throughout the 19th century. His glees number at least 100, of which 8 won prizes. Callcott set lyrics by leading poets of his day, including Thomas Gray, Sir Walter Scott, Thomas Chatterton, Robert Southey and Ossian. They include (selective list):
A number of his glees specify two soprano or treble (boy soprano) voices, the second of which has a range appropriate to a female mezzo-soprano or contralto (but would have been thought too high for a counter-tenor of this period). Callcott also composed solo songs and religious music including psalms and sacred canons. Callcott's daughter Elizabeth married William Horsley who, in 1824, published A collection of Glees Canons and Catches, an edition of his father-in-law's works together with a Memoir of Dr Callcott. His son William Hutchins Callcott became a composer and arranger. His brother Augustus Wall Callcott was a noted landscape painter. |
Birth and Death Data: Born November 20, 1766 (Kensington), Died May 15, 1821
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1938
Roles Represented in DAHR: arranger
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Gramophone | 0EA7090 | 10-in. | 11/20/1938 | Drink to me only with thine eyes | Paul Robeson | Bass vocal solo, with orchestra | arranger |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Callcott, John Wall," accessed November 19, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/105797.
Callcott, John Wall. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 19, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/105797.
"Callcott, John Wall." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 19 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Callcott, John Wall, 1766-1821 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88007823
Wikidata: John Wall Callcott - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q6262765
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ISNI: 0000 0001 1762 0087 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000117620087
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